Blogposts tagged 'Climate Change'

Big Miracle: why saving whales means saving the Arctic

Posted by Willie - 10 February 2012 at 9:48am - 3 Comments

The film is inspired by a true story. I’m not going to recount it in detail here, as others have done that  much more splendidly than I can.  But in a nutshell, Drew’s character was involved in an international effort to save some gray whales which became trapped in Arctic ice.

Article tagged as: arctic, Big Miracle, climate change, Drew Barrymore, gray whales; whaling, Greenpeace activist

In 30 years we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea ice

Posted by jamess - 10 February 2012 at 8:57am - 2 Comments
In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice
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In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice

If there's one fact to remember which underlines the urgency in protecting the Arctic it's this: in 30 years we've lost 75 per cent of the Arctic sea ice.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sea ice, climate change, climate impacts, oil

Tonight: Climate Zombie Bingo

Posted by Graham Thompson - 9 February 2012 at 5:18pm - 0 Comments
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Since Lord Lawson’s climate denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation gave up on disputing climate science and moved on to disputing climate economics, a whole new army of zombie arguments have started lurching their way across the internet in search of mainstream media exposure and brains to consume. We're worried an entire legion of the undead might appear in ‘Tonight: The Cost of Going Green’ on ITV at 7.30pm.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate denial, energy bills, ITV, zombies

Google wrests control of Cool IT climate leaderboard

Posted by Gary Cook - 8 February 2012 at 10:47am - 0 Comments
Cool IT leaderboard February 2012
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Google takes the top spot, but there's still more to be done on climate issues across the technology industry

The tussle for the top of our Cool IT leaderboard has taken its latest twist, with Google grabbing the top spot ahead of 20 other technology companies, including Cisco and Ericsson.

Article tagged as: climate change, cool IT, google, green electronics guide, technology

VW's new advert misses a trick, so remix your own version

Posted by jamie - 2 February 2012 at 2:01pm - 3 Comments
Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert
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Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert

VW has launched its latest advert ahead of the US Super Bowl this weekend.

The advert is a follow-up to last year’s Little Darth one which we lampooned to reveal the Dark Side of VW’s environmental claims. It still riffs on a Star Wars theme and throws in a cute dog for good measure, but is there any mention of supporting ambitious climate laws?

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, superbowl, the bark side, transport, VW, VWDarkside

VW: 500,000 Jedi can't be wrong

Posted by jamie - 1 February 2012 at 11:17am - 0 Comments

Our VW campaign has passed a significant milestone, as the Jedi ranks swell to over 500,000. That's an incredible half a million people demanding that Volkswagen gets behind the sort of climate laws we need to save our planet.

So thank you for signing up, recruiting your friends and keeping up the pressure on VW - it's been absolutely amazing.

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, oil, transport, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

Major victory over Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but more battles to come

Posted by bex - 19 January 2012 at 4:34pm - 7 Comments
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Rubbish piled up on the barren ground of the tar sands outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

President Obama has just said no to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas. Despite a fierce lobbying campaign by oil companies and by Canada's Harper government, Obama spiked the pipeline - in part thanks to an unprecedented and global grassroots uprising.

Article tagged as: barack obama, canada, climate change, keystone xl pipeline, oil, successes, tar sands

“For God’s sake, look after our people”

Posted by jossg - 18 January 2012 at 10:47am - 0 Comments
Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 1911
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Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 1911

Staring out at the bright, open, broken plains of Arctic sea ice back in September, more than once I was struck by the thought of the early explorers who first trekked across similar icescapes at both frozen ends of the planet. My first time stepping down onto the floating Arctic ice was exciting enough; hard to comprehend what it was like for those who were pushing the boundaries of where humans had previously explored.

Article tagged as: antarctica, arctic, climate change, exploration

Why we're supporting high-speed rail done right

Posted by jamie - 17 January 2012 at 12:18pm - 8 Comments
Speeding train
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HS2 is great in principle, but the plan has plenty of holes

Last week, the government gave the thumbs-up to the first phase of the new high-speed rail network (aka HS2). Since then, debate between those for and against has filled the media including a piece in the Mail claiming Greenpeace is opposed to the project. We're not of course, but it does need correcting.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, emissions, high speed rail, hs2, transport

Canada: climate criminal

Posted by Rex Weyler - 12 January 2012 at 3:14pm - 4 Comments
At dawn on the opening day of the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands
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At the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands the Harper government 'CLIMATE FAIL'

At the dawn of the 21st century a new political regime has transformed Canada from global hero – once standing up for peace, people, and nature – to global criminal, plunging into war, eroding civil rights, and destroying environments.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, deep green, go beyond oil, kyoto, oil, rex weyler, tar sands
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